Los Angeles: Actor Ben Affleck took to social media to take down a magazine which body shamed him in an article titled 'The Great Sadness of Ben Affleck', falling under the website's "Annals of Appearances" section.
Affleck responded to a New Yorker magazine which suggested he was depressed after new photos surfaced of Affleck on a beach with a large tattoo of a phoenix on his back, reports variety.com.
The actor took to Twitter with the post: "New Yorker I'm doing just fine. Thick skin bolstered by garish tattoos". When the tattoo was first spotted in 2016, Affleck insisted it was fake and just for a movie.
The New Yorker article said that ever since Affleck's 2015 split from actor Jennifer Garner, paparazzi photographs have shown a "sad Ben", from him vaping in his car to the low-energy interviews he gave during the 'Batman v Superman' press tour.
The article drew backlash online this week as the story also appeared to fat-shame Affleck with lines like, "his gut is pooching" and "a blue-gray towel is wrapped protectively around his midsection-recalling a shy teen at the local pool."
The images were taken while Affleck was filming Netflix movie Triple Frontier in Hawaii with Garrett Hedlund, and Oscar Isaac, who were also photographed in water.